Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 4
हरिर्हरित्सु सर्वासु हरिर्हरिमरीचिषु । शिवामृगमृगेंद्रादि रूपः काननगो हरिः
harirharitsu sarvāsu harirharimarīciṣu | śivāmṛgamṛgeṃdrādi rūpaḥ kānanago hariḥ
Hari était dans tous les arbres verdoyants ; Hari était dans les rayons du soleil. Hari, parcourant la forêt, se manifestait en formes telles que le cerf de bon augure et le seigneur des bêtes, et bien d’autres encore.
Narrator (Gaṇas’ account continues)
Tirtha: Madhuvana/Vraja-kānana
Type: kshetra
Listener: A brāhmaṇa (dvija)
Scene: A forest scene where every element subtly bears Hari’s signature: green leaves shimmer with divine presence; sunbeams appear as Hari’s rays; deer and a lion (lord of beasts) move through the grove as epiphanic forms of Hari.
FAQs
Meditative vision expands into sacred ecology—seeing Hari immanent in nature and living beings.
The forest-grove setting (Madhuvana) is implied as the sacred landscape where such vision arises.
No explicit ritual; it describes the fruit of dhyāna—perceiving the deity everywhere.